After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

published:30 Jun 2014

views:21479

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

published:28 Jul 2014

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On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements and underscored the need to ensure a domestic supply chain of these critical minerals moving forward.

published:23 Mar 2015

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Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

Rare earth element

A rare earth element (REE) or rare earth metal (REM), as defined by IUPAC, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium. Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties.

Despite their name, rare earth elements are – with the exception of the radioactive promethium – relatively plentiful in Earth's crust, with cerium being the 25th most abundant element at 68 parts per million, or as abundant as copper. They are not especially rare, but they tend to occur together in nature and are difficult to separate from one another. (The word "rare" is an archaic word for "difficult".) However, because of their geochemical properties, rare earth elements are typically dispersed and not often found concentrated as rare earth minerals in economically exploitable ore deposits. It was the very scarcity of these minerals (previously called "earths") that led to the term "rare earth". The first such mineral discovered was gadolinite, a mineral composed of cerium, yttrium, iron, silicon and other elements. This mineral was extracted from a mine in the village of Ytterby in Sweden; four of the rare earth elements bear names derived from this single location.

New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

23:00

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

12:55

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements and underscored the need to ensure a domestic supply chain of these critical minerals moving forward.

12:19

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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4:09

Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins

Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins

Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins

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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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1:41

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

published: 30 Jun 2014

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintende...

published: 28 Jul 2014

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements and underscored the need to ensure a domestic supply chain of these critical minerals moving forward.

published: 23 Mar 2015

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surroundin...

published: 26 Jul 2012

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth ...

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New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain...

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think ...

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopol...

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

published: 30 Jun 2014

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintende...

published: 28 Jul 2014

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements and underscored the need to ensure a domestic supply chain of these critical minerals moving forward.

published: 23 Mar 2015

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins

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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surroundin...

published: 26 Jul 2012

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth ...

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97% Of Rare Earth Minerals Go To China

China is poised to tighten its grip on the world market for rare earth minerals, as low prices push the lone U.S. producer to the brink of bankruptcy.
China controls about 95% of global rare earths production, and holds half the world's reserves of these metals, according to U.S. think tank National Center for Policy Analysis. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/05/investing/molycorp-china-rare-earth-minerals/
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New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain...

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think ...

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopol...

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintende...

published: 28 Jul 2014

Rare earth elements: Simple commodity or strategic vulnerability?

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent properties crucial for the functioning of much of today’s high technology equipment, including MRIs, lap-top computers, hybrid vehicles and LEDs. They also have important applications in the defence industry.
China is the dominant supplier of rare earth elements (REEs), meeting at least 85% of global demand. In 2010, REEs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers when
it significantly reduced rare earth export quotas and temporarily suspended their shipment to Japan. Consumers quickly recognised that diversity of reliable supply is just as
important as price and quality, and there is a concerted effort to replace, reduce and recycle REEs. So are REEs best understood as simple commodities, or as...

"DISCOVERING RARE EARTH" HD VERSION

Earth is an Aliens' Quarry! The Proof!

Incredible finding by the Russian scientist, who proves that our planet is an enormous quarry which doesn't belong to humans. Somebody was mining earth for many thousand of years, reshaping the continents, creating mountains and sand deserts, re-directing the rivers and erecting volcanoes (the gigantic Spoil Tips). It looks like they still do it now at the bottom of the ocean, extracting gold and rare earth elements, growing mineral concretions in the salty water like we grow potatoes on a fields.
They use humans for some dirty works, like pumping out oil from the undergrounds, as it's obstructing the access to the more valuable stuff. That's why they force us to use oil as the main source of energy
This guy is a genius. His finding is dangerous and also exciting. The evidence is right in...

published: 01 Feb 2016

REM Myth - the myth that rare earth minerals are really rare (NOT!)

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember that from high schook chemistry?) that are supposedly rare. Some are so UN rare they are found in small amount in dirt all over the world! IMOChina has really blown their chance at riches by lowering the price to close to zero every time a competitor shows up. Well, several strong hands competitors have now entered the market and China's game won't chase them away! They are diversified, cash rich and ready to clean China's clock! China has stockiled REMs WAY too much! what oh what are they going to do with their stash? Personally I would fall for these marketing game PR stunts of mailers (mostly) yo buy stock in (mostly) Canadian and some Central and South AmericanREM mines, Don't forg...

For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution: rare earths. Researchers drill for new deposits and find more environmentally friendly ways of processing the materials. A fascinating glimpse at cutting-edge research that could make our green technologies of the future even greener.
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http://joesestak.com - Former U.S. congressman, Navy admiral and senatorial candidate Joe Sestak addresses Thorium Energy Alliance in Chicago.
"This issue of thorium with rare earth minerals has to be looked at as a national security issue. I believe that thorium, with rare earths is a way to enhance, greatly, the accessibility of our energy in so many fields, not just in nuclear power."
Thorium Energy Alliance Conference #5 was held on May 30th & 31st of 2013. http://ThoriumEnergyAlliance.com
Footage captured for Thorium Remix project. http://ThoriumRemix.com/

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think ...

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

Rare earth elements: Simple commodity or strategic vulnerability?

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent properties crucial for the functioning of much of today’s high technology ...

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent properties crucial for the functioning of much of today’s high technology equipment, including MRIs, lap-top computers, hybrid vehicles and LEDs. They also have important applications in the defence industry.
China is the dominant supplier of rare earth elements (REEs), meeting at least 85% of global demand. In 2010, REEs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers when
it significantly reduced rare earth export quotas and temporarily suspended their shipment to Japan. Consumers quickly recognised that diversity of reliable supply is just as
important as price and quality, and there is a concerted effort to replace, reduce and recycle REEs. So are REEs best understood as simple commodities, or as strategic resources that can be
used as tools of statecraft? And can Australia play a part in the development of alternative reliable sources of rare earths?
To help understand the strategic importance of REEs the
National SecurityCollege and Crawford School of Public Policy welcome two global experts in the field.

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent properties crucial for the functioning of much of today’s high technology equipment, including MRIs, lap-top computers, hybrid vehicles and LEDs. They also have important applications in the defence industry.
China is the dominant supplier of rare earth elements (REEs), meeting at least 85% of global demand. In 2010, REEs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers when
it significantly reduced rare earth export quotas and temporarily suspended their shipment to Japan. Consumers quickly recognised that diversity of reliable supply is just as
important as price and quality, and there is a concerted effort to replace, reduce and recycle REEs. So are REEs best understood as simple commodities, or as strategic resources that can be
used as tools of statecraft? And can Australia play a part in the development of alternative reliable sources of rare earths?
To help understand the strategic importance of REEs the
National SecurityCollege and Crawford School of Public Policy welcome two global experts in the field.

Earth is an Aliens' Quarry! The Proof!

Incredible finding by the Russian scientist, who proves that our planet is an enormous quarry which doesn't belong to humans. Somebody was mining earth for many...

Incredible finding by the Russian scientist, who proves that our planet is an enormous quarry which doesn't belong to humans. Somebody was mining earth for many thousand of years, reshaping the continents, creating mountains and sand deserts, re-directing the rivers and erecting volcanoes (the gigantic Spoil Tips). It looks like they still do it now at the bottom of the ocean, extracting gold and rare earth elements, growing mineral concretions in the salty water like we grow potatoes on a fields.
They use humans for some dirty works, like pumping out oil from the undergrounds, as it's obstructing the access to the more valuable stuff. That's why they force us to use oil as the main source of energy
This guy is a genius. His finding is dangerous and also exciting. The evidence is right in front of your eyes.
Play video on a big screen. Pause every now and then. Take very careful look and see for yourself.
Please also look at his channel for more videos (still waiting to be translated)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP28xkCEvgJPlwvhkmLr2-g
and try google-translate some of his articles
http://paleotehnolog.ru
Valery Kondratov on VK:
https://vk.com/id39904911
His ideas are being developed by other people. I really recomend to google-translate this article. At list look at the pictures! It's mind blowing:
http://wakeuphuman.livejournal.com/1342.html

Incredible finding by the Russian scientist, who proves that our planet is an enormous quarry which doesn't belong to humans. Somebody was mining earth for many thousand of years, reshaping the continents, creating mountains and sand deserts, re-directing the rivers and erecting volcanoes (the gigantic Spoil Tips). It looks like they still do it now at the bottom of the ocean, extracting gold and rare earth elements, growing mineral concretions in the salty water like we grow potatoes on a fields.
They use humans for some dirty works, like pumping out oil from the undergrounds, as it's obstructing the access to the more valuable stuff. That's why they force us to use oil as the main source of energy
This guy is a genius. His finding is dangerous and also exciting. The evidence is right in front of your eyes.
Play video on a big screen. Pause every now and then. Take very careful look and see for yourself.
Please also look at his channel for more videos (still waiting to be translated)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP28xkCEvgJPlwvhkmLr2-g
and try google-translate some of his articles
http://paleotehnolog.ru
Valery Kondratov on VK:
https://vk.com/id39904911
His ideas are being developed by other people. I really recomend to google-translate this article. At list look at the pictures! It's mind blowing:
http://wakeuphuman.livejournal.com/1342.html

REM Myth - the myth that rare earth minerals are really rare (NOT!)

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember that from high schook chemistry?) that are supposedly rare. Some are...

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember that from high schook chemistry?) that are supposedly rare. Some are so UN rare they are found in small amount in dirt all over the world! IMOChina has really blown their chance at riches by lowering the price to close to zero every time a competitor shows up. Well, several strong hands competitors have now entered the market and China's game won't chase them away! They are diversified, cash rich and ready to clean China's clock! China has stockiled REMs WAY too much! what oh what are they going to do with their stash? Personally I would fall for these marketing game PR stunts of mailers (mostly) yo buy stock in (mostly) Canadian and some Central and South AmericanREM mines, Don't forget the mammoth mine in California. Downside is REM/REE mining is usually open pit. That's OK - ugly as sin when being dug but dig to make it a water reservoir fishing, boating, etc. Water's edge property overlooking "lake" commands big bucks. Some "investors" and "developers" are "missing the boat" (pun intended) by ignoring this gold mine just waiting to start digging, Prices will gyrate wildly over the decades of digging (normal) but, averaged out, plus stockpiling REM product for higher price periods then let next generation enjoy the 10,000 acre DEEP water lake and reservoir for cities etc. and payout over 50 to 100 years is major. Yet, not the type of project where a quick buck is the object, Still, what is China going to do with all of the REM/REE material stock piled waiting to sink the world! Plus poor planning of digs. Terrible everything. Could have used some for much needed water reservoirs but simple things like dams where left out! China not always the smartest chicken in the coup! Anyway, I'm NOT putting $ into REM stocks. Catch one BEFORE it gets suckered up you can make millions! Some have! Penny stock went to a dollar after well timed mailer and stock market "Pump and Dump" (illegal if you can prove it) shysters. Secret is to buy BEFORE stock shoots from a penny to a dollar in one day. If you receive mailing or hot tip you are probably being "invited" to buy at $1 the stock the crooks paid .001 cents a share for. Happens on lot of stocks but famous on mining stocks. Vancouver to Las Vegas exchange is 90% fleecing the flock.

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember that from high schook chemistry?) that are supposedly rare. Some are so UN rare they are found in small amount in dirt all over the world! IMOChina has really blown their chance at riches by lowering the price to close to zero every time a competitor shows up. Well, several strong hands competitors have now entered the market and China's game won't chase them away! They are diversified, cash rich and ready to clean China's clock! China has stockiled REMs WAY too much! what oh what are they going to do with their stash? Personally I would fall for these marketing game PR stunts of mailers (mostly) yo buy stock in (mostly) Canadian and some Central and South AmericanREM mines, Don't forget the mammoth mine in California. Downside is REM/REE mining is usually open pit. That's OK - ugly as sin when being dug but dig to make it a water reservoir fishing, boating, etc. Water's edge property overlooking "lake" commands big bucks. Some "investors" and "developers" are "missing the boat" (pun intended) by ignoring this gold mine just waiting to start digging, Prices will gyrate wildly over the decades of digging (normal) but, averaged out, plus stockpiling REM product for higher price periods then let next generation enjoy the 10,000 acre DEEP water lake and reservoir for cities etc. and payout over 50 to 100 years is major. Yet, not the type of project where a quick buck is the object, Still, what is China going to do with all of the REM/REE material stock piled waiting to sink the world! Plus poor planning of digs. Terrible everything. Could have used some for much needed water reservoirs but simple things like dams where left out! China not always the smartest chicken in the coup! Anyway, I'm NOT putting $ into REM stocks. Catch one BEFORE it gets suckered up you can make millions! Some have! Penny stock went to a dollar after well timed mailer and stock market "Pump and Dump" (illegal if you can prove it) shysters. Secret is to buy BEFORE stock shoots from a penny to a dollar in one day. If you receive mailing or hot tip you are probably being "invited" to buy at $1 the stock the crooks paid .001 cents a share for. Happens on lot of stocks but famous on mining stocks. Vancouver to Las Vegas exchange is 90% fleecing the flock.

For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution: rare earths. Researchers drill...

For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution: rare earths. Researchers drill for new deposits and find more environmentally friendly ways of processing the materials. A fascinating glimpse at cutting-edge research that could make our green technologies of the future even greener.
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For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution: rare earths. Researchers drill for new deposits and find more environmentally friendly ways of processing the materials. A fascinating glimpse at cutting-edge research that could make our green technologies of the future even greener.
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http://joesestak.com - Former U.S. congressman, Navy admiral and senatorial candidate Joe Sestak addresses Thorium Energy Alliance in Chicago.
"This issue of thorium with rare earth minerals has to be looked at as a national security issue. I believe that thorium, with rare earths is a way to enhance, greatly, the accessibility of our energy in so many fields, not just in nuclear power."
Thorium Energy Alliance Conference #5 was held on May 30th & 31st of 2013. http://ThoriumEnergyAlliance.com
Footage captured for Thorium Remix project. http://ThoriumRemix.com/

http://joesestak.com - Former U.S. congressman, Navy admiral and senatorial candidate Joe Sestak addresses Thorium Energy Alliance in Chicago.
"This issue of thorium with rare earth minerals has to be looked at as a national security issue. I believe that thorium, with rare earths is a way to enhance, greatly, the accessibility of our energy in so many fields, not just in nuclear power."
Thorium Energy Alliance Conference #5 was held on May 30th & 31st of 2013. http://ThoriumEnergyAlliance.com
Footage captured for Thorium Remix project. http://ThoriumRemix.com/

New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

23:00

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resou...

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

12:55

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements ...

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
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China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

5:13

Rare Earth Mining

VOA's Philip Alexiou talks with the President and CEO of Avalon Rare Metals who recently v...

New California Rare Earth Facility Ramping Up Production

After more than three years of design, engineering, construction, and commissioning, Molycorp's new, state-of-the-art rare earth processing facility at Mountain Pass, California is fully operational and is now ramping up production of rare earth materials for customers around the globe.
This complex is one of the world's most technologically advanced, energy efficient and environmentally progressive rare earth facilities. It sets a new standard for the production of rare earths with less impact on the environment.

23:00

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resou...

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

12:55

60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements

On March 22, 2015, 60 Minutes featured a segment on the importance of rare earth elements ...

Insight: Rare–earth metals

Did you know the smooth running of almost every piece of technology you use - is down to something called a rare-earth metal? The Insight team ask why a monopolised market is causing global concern.
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Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins

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Baotou, Inner Mongolia is China's largest
rare earth mineral production base.
Although it is a precious mineral resource,
rare earth imposes great dangers of pollution.
Recently, French media reported from Baotou.
Entitled "In China, rare earths are killing villages",
the report highlighted massive environmental pollution.
It revealed the impact of the production of rare earth
minerals on local residents, animals and land.
The following is our report.
French media 'Le Monde' reported from Baotou, stating
that by aerial viewpoint, it looks like a large lake,
fed by numerous tributaries. On site, it is actually
an opaque discharge covering an area of 10 km2.
Surrounding the industrial plants producing 17 minerals
are reject waste waters loaded with chemicals.
There are no fish or algae
The Le Monde article introduced that rock from Bayan obo
rare earth ore mine, located 120 kilometers away, are sent here for treatment.
The concentration of rare earth in the rocks is very low and
must be separated and purified by hydrometallurgical processes and acid baths.
In the effluent basin are exist all sorts of toxic chemicals
and radioactive elements such as thorium.
Ingestion of these toxins causes cancer
of the pancreas, lung and blood.
A pungent odor exudes within radius of 10 miles.
Local villagers have been suffering from cancer.
Rows of brown houses in the village
have been reduced to rubble.
Sichuan environmentalist Chen Yunfei indicates
that rare earth refining process causes great environmental pollution and destruction.
People are unaware of the specific dangers of this project,
and the specialists involved in the decision-making.
Chen Yunfei: "Some officials only work on the image projects
for profit. They relocate once the money has been made.
Some officials collude with the business, caring about
nothing but profit, leaving the mess for the public."
According to local residents, Baotou
used to be a vast grassland.
In 1958 the state enterprise Baotou Iron and Steel
Company began producing rare earth production.
By the end of 1980, locals found that the plant was in trouble.
Last year, China EnvironmentNews reported that
Baotou Iron and Steel Group's tailing dam leakage has caused damage to five surrounding villages.
It has affected more than 3000 farmers,
and ruined more than 3,295 Acres of farmland.
Ma Peng, former Director of the Baotou Rare EarthResearch Institute, indicated that
due to the lack of a barrier below the tailing dam, the mining
waste is directly discharging into the Yellow River.
The discharge is at a rate of 300m per year.
The residents also said that further pollution has been
caused by other industries and thermal power plants.
These industries followed rare earth production
by the Baotou Iron and Steel Company.
Local residents have to breathe air saturated with sulfuric
acid and coal dust. Coal dust is airbourne around the houses.
Cows, horses, chickens and goats
are being killed by these poisons.
The locals have fled, and Xinguang Sancun village has now
decreased from 2000 villagers to 300. Every family is hit with illness.
After 20 years of complaints to the local government, the
villagers have finally won promises of financial compensation.
These have only been partially fulfilled.
Miss Hao, a resident of Baotou: "We all know.
The government is too dark.
No one cares about the people, whether
they live or die, not to mention the pollution."
For many years, there have been calls for attention
for the issue of Baotou tailing dam discharging thorium radiation to Baotou and into the Yellow River.
The hazards and pollution caused by the Baotou
tailing dam have never been effectively alleviated.
Environmentalist Chen Yunfei: "This is an investment
that has hurt several generations.
It has polluted the whole environment.
This high cost investment ought to be condemned.
Our future generations are going to suffer for it."
China Environment News indicated that Baotou
is located in the stratum fracture zone.
In the event of a major earthquake or large-scale rainfall,
the rupture of the tailing dam will threaten the surrounding
five villages, as well as tens of thousands of lives
of the Baotou Iron and Steel workers.
If the tailings flow into the Yellow River,
it will cause serious pollution to the river.
《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点
http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/

1:41

China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals to Diminish

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China currently produces the vast majority of the worlds rare-earth minerals - a group of 17 elements essential for a range of modern technology. However, China's monopoly on supply of these minerals could be about to change.
China's current monopoly as a supplier of rare-earth metals is likely to change in the next couple of years, according to a new report, with new rare-earth mines opening in Western Australia and California.
For years, China has produced at least 90 percent of rare earth metals and restricted exports, driving prices even higher. Some Japanese companies have moved to China to ensure supply of rare earth metals for production of their technologies, according to an article in the newspaper The Australian.
The article refers to a report published yesterday by GarethHutch, a rare metals expert from Illinois, who predicts that the global percentage of rare earth metals supplied by China will drop significantly in the next six years.
The group of 17 rare elements includes europium, which is used to produce the red color in televisions. Europium sold for $720 per kg at the start of 2011 and has since risen to $6,300 per kg.
Harth predicts that China's share of the world market of europium will drop to 76 percent in two years and 37 percent in six years.
He predicts a similar story for other rare earth metals.

5:13

Rare Earth Mining

VOA's Philip Alexiou talks with the President and CEO of Avalon Rare Metals who recently v...

National Security, Rare Earth Elements & The Thorium Problem

"The only operating rare earth mine in the United States sends all of their valuable resources to China for processing. Congress does not know this. They think this [mining] company is supplying the U.S. value chain, [and] is supplying the military. It is in-fact, the opposite. They are part of the Chinese monopoly. They're taking powder and shipping it to China, and it comes back as a magnet, or an alloy, or a bolt-on component." - Jim Kennedy
To address this issue, contact your legislators to support H.R.4883 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
Why can't Molycorp, Lynas or any other 'western' rare earth company succeed?
China's production and market advantage in Rare Earth Elements (REE) is largely the result of NRC and IAEA "SourceMaterial" regulations with unintended consequences.
Source Material: Materials containing any ratio or combination of Thorium and Uranium above .05%. Producing or holding these materials within the regulatory threshold (.05%) requires extensive and wide-ranging licensing, storage, transportation, remediation disposal and compliance costs, including prohibitive liability and bonding issues. Consequently any potential supplier of byproduct / co-product rare earth resources that would be designated as "source material' disposes of these valuable resources to avoid liability and compliance issues.
NRC / IAEA regulations regarding "Source Material" played a key roll in undermining the economic viability of all 'western' rare earth producers and are a critical factor in China's current 'market advantage'. Producers like Molycorp and Lynas, with low Thorium deposits, can never compete with China.
Resources are abundant and available: U.S mining companies currently mine as much as 50% of global Rare Earth Elements demand every year. But these resources are diverted in tailings lakes or are redistributed back into the host ore body, due to NRC and IAEA regulations defining Monazite and other Thorium bearing rare earth resources as "Source Material".
H.R. 4883 would solve the "Thorium Problem" by creating a federally chartered multinational Thorium Energy and Industrial Products Corporation ("Thorium Bank"). Privately funded and operated, this would decouple thorium from rare earth production. The Thorium Corporation would also have Congressional Authority to develop Thorium energy systems and industrial products. Environmental regulations are not scaled back... rather this enables thorium to be stored safely & securely, rather then being treated as "waste".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4883
H.R. 4883 thus also addresses the U.S. Weapons Systems current 100% Dependency on China for Rare Earths.
http://thoriumenergyalliance.com/downloads/TEAC6/USWeaponsChinese.pdfFederal Legislation governing Strategic Materials, 10 USC 2533b, does not specify rare earths, but includes metal alloys containing limited amounts of manganese, silicon, copper, or aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, nickel and iron-nickel, cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium alloys. Federal Regulations require that these materials be melted in the U.S. Most of these materials are utilized in rare earth alloys, magnets and components in the defense industry.
The bill does NOT reclassify thorium. It does NOT alter current environmental protection. It simply resolves "The Thorium Problem" which cripples United States domestic rare earth mining, processing and value-adding processes.
Source Footage:
Jim Kennedy @ IAEA: http://youtu.be/fLR39sT_bTs
Jim Kennedy interview @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/Dih30mUexrA
Jim Kennedy Talk @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/CARlEac1iuA
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/z7qfOnMzP9Y
Stephen Boyd @ TEAC4: http://youtu.be/J16IpITWBQ8
John Kutsch @ TEAC6: http://youtu.be/MgRn4g7a068

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Rare earth elements: Simple commodity or strategic vulnerability?

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent prop...

Rare earth elements: Simple commodity or strategic vulnerability?

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements with unique chemical, magnetic and luminescent properties crucial for the functioning of much of today’s high technology equipment, including MRIs, lap-top computers, hybrid vehicles and LEDs. They also have important applications in the defence industry.
China is the dominant supplier of rare earth elements (REEs), meeting at least 85% of global demand. In 2010, REEs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers when
it significantly reduced rare earth export quotas and temporarily suspended their shipment to Japan. Consumers quickly recognised that diversity of reliable supply is just as
important as price and quality, and there is a concerted effort to replace, reduce and recycle REEs. So are REEs best understood as simple commodities, or as strategic resources that can be
used as tools of statecraft? And can Australia play a part in the development of alternative reliable sources of rare earths?
To help understand the strategic importance of REEs the
National SecurityCollege and Crawford School of Public Policy welcome two global experts in the field.

Earth is an Aliens' Quarry! The Proof!

Incredible finding by the Russian scientist, who proves that our planet is an enormous quarry which doesn't belong to humans. Somebody was mining earth for many thousand of years, reshaping the continents, creating mountains and sand deserts, re-directing the rivers and erecting volcanoes (the gigantic Spoil Tips). It looks like they still do it now at the bottom of the ocean, extracting gold and rare earth elements, growing mineral concretions in the salty water like we grow potatoes on a fields.
They use humans for some dirty works, like pumping out oil from the undergrounds, as it's obstructing the access to the more valuable stuff. That's why they force us to use oil as the main source of energy
This guy is a genius. His finding is dangerous and also exciting. The evidence is right in front of your eyes.
Play video on a big screen. Pause every now and then. Take very careful look and see for yourself.
Please also look at his channel for more videos (still waiting to be translated)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP28xkCEvgJPlwvhkmLr2-g
and try google-translate some of his articles
http://paleotehnolog.ru
Valery Kondratov on VK:
https://vk.com/id39904911
His ideas are being developed by other people. I really recomend to google-translate this article. At list look at the pictures! It's mind blowing:
http://wakeuphuman.livejournal.com/1342.html

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REM Myth - the myth that rare earth minerals are really rare (NOT!)

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember...

REM Myth - the myth that rare earth minerals are really rare (NOT!)

Also called REE Eare earh elements. A series of elements in the periodic table (remember that from high schook chemistry?) that are supposedly rare. Some are so UN rare they are found in small amount in dirt all over the world! IMOChina has really blown their chance at riches by lowering the price to close to zero every time a competitor shows up. Well, several strong hands competitors have now entered the market and China's game won't chase them away! They are diversified, cash rich and ready to clean China's clock! China has stockiled REMs WAY too much! what oh what are they going to do with their stash? Personally I would fall for these marketing game PR stunts of mailers (mostly) yo buy stock in (mostly) Canadian and some Central and South AmericanREM mines, Don't forget the mammoth mine in California. Downside is REM/REE mining is usually open pit. That's OK - ugly as sin when being dug but dig to make it a water reservoir fishing, boating, etc. Water's edge property overlooking "lake" commands big bucks. Some "investors" and "developers" are "missing the boat" (pun intended) by ignoring this gold mine just waiting to start digging, Prices will gyrate wildly over the decades of digging (normal) but, averaged out, plus stockpiling REM product for higher price periods then let next generation enjoy the 10,000 acre DEEP water lake and reservoir for cities etc. and payout over 50 to 100 years is major. Yet, not the type of project where a quick buck is the object, Still, what is China going to do with all of the REM/REE material stock piled waiting to sink the world! Plus poor planning of digs. Terrible everything. Could have used some for much needed water reservoirs but simple things like dams where left out! China not always the smartest chicken in the coup! Anyway, I'm NOT putting $ into REM stocks. Catch one BEFORE it gets suckered up you can make millions! Some have! Penny stock went to a dollar after well timed mailer and stock market "Pump and Dump" (illegal if you can prove it) shysters. Secret is to buy BEFORE stock shoots from a penny to a dollar in one day. If you receive mailing or hot tip you are probably being "invited" to buy at $1 the stock the crooks paid .001 cents a share for. Happens on lot of stocks but famous on mining stocks. Vancouver to Las Vegas exchange is 90% fleecing the flock.

For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution: rare earths. Researchers drill for new deposits and find more environmentally friendly ways of processing the materials. A fascinating glimpse at cutting-edge research that could make our green technologies of the future even greener.
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http://joesestak.com - Former U.S. congressman, Navy admiral and senatorial candidate Joe Sestak addresses Thorium Energy Alliance in Chicago.
"This issue of thorium with rare earth minerals has to be looked at as a national security issue. I believe that thorium, with rare earths is a way to enhance, greatly, the accessibility of our energy in so many fields, not just in nuclear power."
Thorium Energy Alliance Conference #5 was held on May 30th & 31st of 2013. http://ThoriumEnergyAlliance.com
Footage captured for Thorium Remix project. http://ThoriumRemix.com/

What'd I Say?

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